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  • Vitalik Buterin takes shot at Coinbase’s corporate control of Base which dominates 60% of layer 2 income
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 4, 2026 at 9:45 pm

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has signaled a fundamental shift in the blockchain’s roadmap that declares the era of the “branded shard” effectively over. On Feb. 3, Buterin argued that the industry’s previous “rollup-centric” vision no longer makes sense, citing faster scaling on the main Ethereum layer and the sluggish pace of decentralization among major rollups. The post Vitalik Buterin takes shot at Coinbase’s corporate […]

  • Bitcoin bear market ends when 3 signals flip, and one is already starting to twitch
    by Gino Matos on February 4, 2026 at 7:25 pm

    Julio Moreno, head of research at CryptoQuant, recently declared that Bitcoin is in a bear market that could extend through the third quarter of 2026. He’s not alone. Matt Hougan at Bitwise and a growing chorus of institutional voices are using the “bear” label more freely than at any point since early 2023. Yet the The post Bitcoin bear market ends when 3 signals flip, and one is already starting to twitch appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • White House sets February deadline to settle $6.6 trillion fight between Coinbase and banks
    by Gino Matos on February 4, 2026 at 5:35 pm

    The White House’s end-of-February deadline for banks and crypto firms to resolve the “stablecoin yield” debate exposes a structural fault line that was never going to stay buried. This isn’t a speed bump on the road to crypto-friendly regulation. Instead, it’s a core collision that happens when digital dollars scale large enough to threaten the The post White House sets February deadline to settle $6.6 trillion fight between Coinbase and […]

  • Hyperliquid flips the bear market script with a 71% surge while trillions vanish from global risk trades
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 4, 2026 at 3:35 pm

    Hyperliquid has broken ranks with the broader digital asset market, posting a massive double-digit rally while Bitcoin and other major altcoins like XRP suffer from the bear market. According to CryptoSlate’s data, Hyperliquid’s HYPE is one of the crypto market’s top performers over the past two weeks, jumping roughly 71% to a high of $35, The post Hyperliquid flips the bear market script with a 71% surge while trillions vanish from global risk […]

  • Ethereum fees are plummeting so fast that Vitalik Buterin says most Layer 2 chains now lack purpose
    by Gino Matos on February 4, 2026 at 1:45 pm

    Ethereum was cheaper than expected in 2020, and rollup decentralization was slower than promised in 2021. Those two realities are forced the ecosystem to rewrite what “a layer-2” is for. Vitalik Buterin’s recent post on Ethereum Research bluntly frames the shift: the original vision of layer-2 (L2) blockchains as “branded shards” of Ethereum is no The post Ethereum fees are plummeting so fast that Vitalik Buterin says most Layer 2 […]

  • Bitcoin mining profit crisis hits as difficulty to drop by 14% this weekend while block time spikes to 20 minutes
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 4, 2026 at 12:05 pm

    While price action has always been volatile and, arguably, exciting, the Bitcoin network itself is built to feel boring. Ten minutes per block, tick tock, rinse and repeat, a metronome you can set your watch to. Then every so often, it gets very human again. Early this morning, block production slowed enough that the average The post Bitcoin mining profit crisis hits as difficulty to drop by 14% this weekend while block time spikes to 20 […]

  • Bitcoin has ended its $1.5B outflow streak, yet the trade driving inflows could vanish under pressure
    by Gino Matos on February 4, 2026 at 10:09 am

    US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $561.8 million in net inflows on Feb. 2, ending a four-day streak of nearly $1.5 billion in outflows. Investors could interpret the number as a return of conviction after punishing outflows, but Jamie Coutts, chief crypto analyst at Real Vision, offered a different read. According to him: “Aggregate ETF The post Bitcoin has ended its $1.5B outflow streak, yet the trade driving inflows could […]

  • The trillion dollar Bitcoin lottery you can play now for free – but will never win
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 3, 2026 at 9:45 pm

    Bitcoin is a $1.5 trillion prize pool secured by nothing more than numbers, private keys, generated by math, that unlock wallets holding real money. That’s the seductive idea behind Keys.lol: a site that spits out batches of Bitcoin private keys and their corresponding addresses, like an infinite roll of digital lottery tickets. Refresh the page, The post The trillion dollar Bitcoin lottery you can play now for free – but will never win […]

  • Bitcoin in freefall hitting lowest price since Trump took office as leverage turns a macro wobble into a brutal cascade
    by Gino Matos on February 3, 2026 at 8:30 pm

    Bitcoin fell around 8% on Feb. 3, briefly losing the $73,000 level. A quick rebound took prices to $74,500 as of press time, dampening the intraday correction to 5.8%. The decline marks the lowest price point in the President Donald Trump administration and the weakest level since the November 2024 Presidential Election. The selloff pushed The post Bitcoin in freefall hitting lowest price since Trump took office as leverage turns a macro wobble […]

  • Bitcoin mining revenue hits historic low as infrastructure is sold to AI giants permanently altering the network’s security
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 3, 2026 at 7:35 pm

    The euphoria of October’s record highs has evaporated, leaving the industrial backbone of the Bitcoin network facing a brutal reality check. According to CryptoSlate’s data, Bitcoin is currently trading near $78,000, a level that represents a punishing decline of more than 38% from its all-time high of over $126,000 just four months ago. While casual The post Bitcoin mining revenue hits historic low as infrastructure is sold to AI giants […]

  • Hong Kong Graduates Face Toughest Job Market In Five Years
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 4:00 am

    Hong Kong Graduates Face Toughest Job Market In Five Years Hong Kong’s graduate job market reached its weakest level in five years in 2025, as hiring dropped sharply and wages showed almost no growth, according to SCMP. University data revealed that job openings fell by 55 per cent from the previous year, declining to just over 30,000 positions, even lower than during the pandemic period. This marked a major shift from earlier […]

  • Netanyahu Tells US Envoys Iran Cannot Be Trusted If Deal Is Reached
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 3:35 am

    Netanyahu Tells US Envoys Iran Cannot Be Trusted If Deal Is Reached Via The Libertarian Institute Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday that Iran cannot be trusted, as Witkoff prepares for potential talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. “Ahead of Envoy Witkoff’s departure to meet with a representative of Iran, the Prime Minister clarified his […]

  • Silver Crashes 20% As China Opens, Gold & Bitcoin Also Plunging
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 3:25 am

    Silver Crashes 20% As China Opens, Gold & Bitcoin Also Plunging On the heels of today’s momentum collapse in the US, Silver prices have puked almost 20% in a matter of hours after Asian markets opened… …erasing the rebound gains of the last three days… The overall decline from when Trump’s announcement of Warsh’s nomination as the next Fed Chair is now back up to 40%. “Sentiment seems to have turned soggy across […]

  • The US Might Make The Sahelian Alliance An Offer That It Can’t Refuse
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 2:45 am

    The US Might Make The Sahelian Alliance An Offer That It Can’t Refuse Authored by Andrews Korybko, Its members might be told by the Bureau of African Affairs’ chief to let the US replace or at least “balance” Russia’s role as their top security partner under implied pain of US-backed Nigerian military pressure on anti-terrorist pretexts, French-backed terrorist advances, and/or US anti-terrorist strikes. The US’ Bureau […]

  • Vance To Lead Sweeping Anti-Fraud Task Force Investigating California
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 2:20 am

    Vance To Lead Sweeping Anti-Fraud Task Force Investigating California Vice President JD Vance is poised to chair a new White House task force aimed at rooting out potential fraud and abuse in government programs in California, according to CBS News. Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, is expected to serve as the task force’s vice chairman and handle day-to-day operations, CBS News reports. President Donald […]

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  • Will The New Fed Chair Fix The Money?
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 1:55 am

    Will The New Fed Chair Fix The Money? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The choice of Kevin Warsh as the new chairman of the Federal Reserve has received mixed reviews, as can be expected. His professional connections lean establishment in every way, which is perhaps not what Trump’s base expected. More interesting is that Warsh is on record as an inflation hawk, a critic of zero-interest rate policies, and a […]

  • Security Expert: Illegal Minneapolis Checkpoints Trace Back To Marxist, Anarchist Movements
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 1:30 am

    Security Expert: Illegal Minneapolis Checkpoints Trace Back To Marxist, Anarchist Movements The eruption of “Signal-Gate” revealed the organizational structure and command-and-control nodes of left-wing activists operating within encrypted messaging apps to unleash pressure campaigns against federal agents in Minneapolis. This structure is very revealing and, according to some security experts, is deeply rooted in revolutionary […]

  • Run It Hot: Trump, The Fed, & The Coming Currency Debasement
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 1:05 am

    Run It Hot: Trump, The Fed, & The Coming Currency Debasement Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to push the monetary easing pedal to the metal, even as the engine is already near the red line. They intend to push the system as hard as possible today and worry about the consequences later. One reason may be to inflate the stock market ahead of the 2026 […]

  • Putin Notifies Xi Of New START Status As Trump Ready To Let Go Of Nuclear Arms Control With Russia
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 12:40 am

    Putin Notifies Xi Of New START Status As Trump Ready To Let Go Of Nuclear Arms Control With Russia President Putin in his Wednesday video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored that the last major nuclear treaty with the United States is on the eve of collapse. New START is set to expire on Thursday. Putin notified Xi that Washington has not yet responded. “As you know, on September 22, 2025, we proposed to the […]

  • DHS Reports More Than 180 Vehicle Attacks On Law Enforcement
    by Tyler Durden on February 5, 2026 at 12:15 am

    DHS Reports More Than 180 Vehicle Attacks On Law Enforcement Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Immigration officers have faced 182 vehicular attacks since President Donald Trump took office last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a Feb. 3 statement. Out of the 182 attacks between Jan. 21, 2025, and Jan. 24, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers faced 114, up by 124 percent from […]

  • Ken Griffin Torches Trump Over ‘Distasteful Favoritism’ And Conflicts Of Interest, Opens Door To Political Run
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 11:50 pm

    Ken Griffin Torches Trump Over ‘Distasteful Favoritism’ And Conflicts Of Interest, Opens Door To Political Run Citadel CEO Ken Griffin raised eyebrows this week when he left the door open to future public service or even running for office, while issuing some of his sharpest criticism yet of President Donald Trump. “I’d like to believe that at a future point in my life, I will be involved in public service,” Griffin said […]

  • “You’d Be Justified In Shooting”: Rep. Jerry Nadler Triggers Outcry Over Violent Rhetoric Against ICE
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 11:25 pm

    “You’d Be Justified In Shooting”: Rep. Jerry Nadler Triggers Outcry Over Violent Rhetoric Against ICE Authored by Jonathan Turley, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., NY) is under fire this week for joining other Democratic members in reckless rhetoric to fuel the growing threats against federal law enforcement officers. Calling out the “fascism in our streets,” Nadler suggested that citizens could be justified in shooting masked agents, a […]

  • 3 US Warships Dispatched To Haiti As Part Of Campaign Against Drug Traffickers
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 10:40 pm

    3 US Warships Dispatched To Haiti As Part Of Campaign Against Drug Traffickers Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, Three U.S. warships have been sent to Haiti as part of Operation Southern Spear, a military operation in the Caribbean to counter narcotics trafficking. “At the direction of the Secretary of War [Pete Hegseth], the ships USS Stockdale, USCGC Stone, and USCGC Diligence have arrived in the Bay of […]

  • Red Wedding At WaPo: Hundreds Axed In Widespread Layoffs
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 10:20 pm

    Red Wedding At WaPo: Hundreds Axed In Widespread Layoffs The Washington Post on Wednesday told employees that it was launching a widespread round of layoffs, which will amount to roughly 30% of all employees. Most affected will be the Sports, Local News, and International sections, according to the NY Times, citing two people with knowledge of the decision. Of the outlet’s roughly 800 journalists, more than 300 are getting the […]

  • Why The ‘Hype Phase’ Of Wind And Solar Is Over
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    Why The ‘Hype Phase’ Of Wind And Solar Is Over Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration has taken a sharp turn from its predecessor regarding wind and solar energy, curtailing many of the loans, grants, and permitting that the Biden administration had put in place. Without government subsidies and regulatory support, energy analysts are questioning whether these industries can stand on their own […]

  • Google Goes Wild After Hours After Beating Estimates, Projects Mindblowing CapEx
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    Google Goes Wild After Hours After Beating Estimates, Projects Mindblowing CapEx Heading into today’s Alphabet earnings, we said that as a result of positioning (GOOGL positioning was 9.5/10 according to Goldman’s desk), it would be difficult for the stock, which was already priced to perfection, to impress an increasingly skeptical Wall Street, especially on the day when momentum saw its 4th biggest drop on record.  Well, that’s […]

  • DC Finally Breaks Longest Freeze Streak Since 1989
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    DC Finally Breaks Longest Freeze Streak Since 1989 While Al Gore and the globalists were chatting up a storm at the World Economic Forum in Davos about cow fart-induced global warming, the eastern half of the U.S. was locked in a dangerous cold pattern not seen in decades. The Washington Post’s in-house weather team, known as the Capital Weather Gang, wrote on X that temperatures across the Washington, DC metro area finally edged […]

  • 321 Quakes Hit San Francisco Bay In A Week – Is The San Andreas Fault Entering A Dangerous New Phase?
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    321 Quakes Hit San Francisco Bay In A Week – Is The San Andreas Fault Entering A Dangerous New Phase? Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, The west coast is shaking again.  In recent weeks we have witnessed so much seismic activity along the portion of the Pacific Ring of Fire that sits directly along the California coastline.  There had been hope that the shaking would settle down, but instead it appears […]

  • Supreme Court Allows New California Congressional Map That Favors Democrats
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 8:45 pm

    Supreme Court Allows New California Congressional Map That Favors Democrats Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 4 allowed California to use its newly redrawn congressional map in the upcoming midterm elections over the objections of Republicans who filed to block it. The decision in Tangipa v. Newsom came in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its ruling. […]

  • Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Visa Program
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Visa Program Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, A national university faculty group is suing to shut down President Donald Trump’s “Gold Card” visa, arguing that the new, expedited pathway to permanent residency for wealthy foreigners is unlawful. In a lawsuit filed Feb. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the American Association of University Professors […]

  • Iran FM Says Nuclear Talks With US Still On For Oman, Contradicting Earlier Reports
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 8:18 pm

    Iran FM Says Nuclear Talks With US Still On For Oman, Contradicting Earlier Reports Update(1515ET): And now a reversal, after hours ago Axios reported that talks for Oman were canceled, as the two sides couldn’t come to agreement as to the scope of talks. But now Iran’s foreign minister has contradicted this report… IRAN’S ARACHCHI CONFIRMS NUCLEAR TALKS WITH US IN OMAN FRIDAY Axios itself is now reporting the opposite of […]

  • Major Medical Group Advises Against Gender Procedures On Children
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 8:00 pm

    Major Medical Group Advises Against Gender Procedures On Children The admonition to “first, do no harm” is an ancient cornerstone of medical ethics. With that in mind, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons broke ranks with other medical organizations on Tuesday, recommending that member physicians refrain from performing gender transition surgeries on anyone under age 19. The major milestone in Western society’s nascent recovery […]

  • Trump Signals Openness To China, India Investing In Venezuela’s Oil, While Tightening Rules
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    Trump Signals Openness To China, India Investing In Venezuela’s Oil, While Tightening Rules Authored by Sean Tseng via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump says he is open to China and India investing in Venezuela’s oil sector, but new U.S. rules show that any reopening of Venezuela’s oil trade will come with strict legal and financial conditions designed to keep Washington firmly in control. Speaking to reporters aboard […]

  • “I Deeply Regret”: Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman Deny Epstein Malarkey, And Here’s Some Weird Sh*t
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 7:20 pm

    “I Deeply Regret”: Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman Deny Epstein Malarkey, And Here’s Some Weird Sh*t As the latest Epstein Files release continues to provide premium toilet reading and no arrests, tech billionaires Bill Gates and Linkedin founder Reid Hoffman are in full damage control mode, while President Donald Trump – whose name is all over the files as well, is back to asking if we can just move on. Other notables mentioned in the […]

  • Ryan Routh Sentenced To Life Behind Bars For Trump Assassination Attempt
    by Tyler Durden on February 4, 2026 at 6:55 pm

    Ryan Routh Sentenced To Life Behind Bars For Trump Assassination Attempt Update (Wednesday): U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon sentenced Ryan Routh to life in prison for attempting to assassinate President Trump during the 2024 presidential election cycle, according to AP News. Federal prosecutors said Routh spent months planning the attack, showed willingness to kill anyone who interfered, and expressed zero remorse during the […]

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